Family and friends are asking for help burying an 9-year-old boy who drowned over the weekend while fishing at a Midfield rock quarry.

Rashad Jackson was fishing Saturday afternoon with his paternal grandmother and his 26-year-old cousin, Stephon Gardner, when he slipped off the platform on which he was standing and fell 10 feet into the water.

Gardner jumped in to try to save Rashad but neither resurfaced, and their bodies were recovered the following day after a lengthy, overnight search.

“Rashad meant the world to many,” according to a GoFundMe organized by Deaqualin Sankey.

Rashad was a rising fourth-grader at Charles Brown Elementary School, where his favorite subjects were math and reading.

He loved the color blue, and going fishing, said those who knew and loved him.

Rashad was the oldest of four siblings. He leaves behind three sisters, including the youngest who was born just three days before Rashad drowned.

Authorities were dispatched at 5:04 p.m. Saturday to Bessemer Avenue and Myrtle Avenue in Birmingham on a report of a person who fell in the water.

The address was updated to 1550 Hartman Industrial Boulevard in Midfield, which runs alongside cement and concrete manufacturer Holcim Birmingham Slag Plant.

BFRS Battalion Chief Clay Hendon said when first responders arrived on the scene, they learned Rashad fell into the rock quarry while fishing. Gardner then jumped in after the boy.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service, Birmingham police, Midfield Fire and Rescue and Midfield police, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and dive specialists UCI Underwater Criminal Investigators all contributed in the search and subsequent recovery.

Authorities said the dive teams stopped their search Saturday night at dark but boats equipped with sonar stayed out all night at the property western Jefferson County.

About 2:30 a.m. Sunday, the sonar “pinged” at about 82-feet deep, so divers were focusing on that spot.

Their bodies were recovered just after 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

“Right now, we’re trying to raise money to give Rashad the proper goodbye he deserves,” according to the GoFundMe.

“Anything you can give—no matter how small—will help cover funeral and burial costs, and financial support for the immediate families, including Rashad’s siblings.”

Donations can be made here.